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by David M Willis on April 12, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Sometimes the Sky Was So Far Away
└ Tags: becky, robin

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    April 12, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    Superpowers or no, Robin apparently still has the metabolism of a coked up hummingbird.

    Hopefully this is a paying gig. Like, at least on a “Can take girlfriend to Taco Bell” level.

    • butts
      butts
      April 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      last time i checked, republican congresspeople don’t generally pay like AOC

      • Dr T
        Dr T
        April 12, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

        It depends. If she is going to run the social media platform for her campaign, that’s likely a paying gig funded by the campaign itself. It’s the congressional staffers who might not get paid, which still doesn’t make sense since those funds would come from their congressional budget paid by the taxpayer, so refusing to pay is an ideological choice rather than a practical one. It also ensures that most staffers be from rich families as those are the only people who can afford to live in DC without a real salary.

        • Terry
          Terry
          April 12, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

          Actually, there is a practical reason as well. In theory, if they aren’t getting paid, the only people who will do the job are the ones who want you to get elected (for whatever reason). If pay comes with it, people will take the job who just view it as a job and will may just go through the motions. Of course, that won’t guarantee they will be competent, but nothing is perfect.

          • butts
            butts
            April 12, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

            that argument doesn’t really hold up to scrutiny when congresspeople get six-figure salaries and a generous pension

            • krveale
              krveale
              April 12, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

              Agreed. Also doesn’t hold to scrutiny compared to how things work… in most of the rest of the world?

              • Daibhid C
                Daibhid C
                April 12, 2019 at 6:11 pm | #

                Reminded of a thing someone said when BuzzFeed was using a similar argument to say an unpaid journo was a dedicated and impartial journo: If you’re not paying them, who is?

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              April 12, 2019 at 1:51 am | #

              Not to mention all the sweet, sweet bribe lobbying money they’ll get while in office.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              April 12, 2019 at 8:04 am | #

              This is why no one should ever be in a position to decide how much they get paid to do their job.

          • Fart Captor
            Fart Captor
            April 12, 2019 at 12:19 pm | #

            That’s really flawed logic. If there’s no pay, then nobody CAN take the job if they’re not already wealthy

            I’d much rather have politicians who treat it like a job than rich assholes who’ve never worked a day in their lives

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              April 12, 2019 at 2:51 pm | #

              It’s also just wrong. Staffers get paid, though often not much – at least for the lower level peons.

              Campaign staff also gets paid, but a lot of the grunt work is done by volunteers.

            • Someone's Ed
              Someone's Ed
              April 12, 2019 at 4:23 pm | #

              Correction: only people who are wealthy or corrupt will take the job. If they’re interested in getting all their income through bribes, it’s a great job.

        • LookingIn
          LookingIn
          April 12, 2019 at 2:12 am | #

          You have it the other way around. Congressional staffers are paid through the feds, it’s one of the perks of the job. Campaign staffers are paid by the campaign and MIGHT NOT actually get paid, especially if they work for cash-strapped candidates.

          She could be one or the other, but if she’s smart she’d be a Congressional staffer. That way she’d be able to work from Indiana doing tweets and Facebook posts and Instagram posts, and if she did have to travel to DC she’d have it picked-up as a write-off as part of the job.

          • Matthew Davis
            Matthew Davis
            April 12, 2019 at 11:14 am | #

            The tax cut actually eliminated the deduction for work travel, unfortunately.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 12, 2019 at 7:45 am | #

          Some misconceptions floating around here: Congressional staffers are paid – Congresscritters get a budget to staff their offices. However junior level staffers are paid relatively poorly, especially for an expensive town like DC. AOC made the decision to bump her staff’s minimum salary to what she considered a living wage for the area. This still came out of her staffing budget, I believe at the expense of the normally better paid top level staff.

          Official campaign staff are also normally paid, though a lot of the low level work is done by volunteers – Robin commented at the start of the rally arc about the bros being unpaid interns.

          Either way, low paid by Congressional staff standards is still almost certainly more than Becky’s making at Galasso’s unless she’s really cleaning up on the tips.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        April 12, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

        I can’t imagine it’s amazing money, but it’s probably a good side gig to help put some money in the bank.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 12, 2019 at 7:47 am | #

          More likely waitressing at Galasso’s would be the side gig.

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      April 12, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      damnit, now I have this perverse urge to make cadbury cereal. … and easter is coming, so creme eggs should be easy to find. >.<

      since I can eat sugar again, I've picked up a bad habit of mixing maple syrup and lime juice lately. it is delicious and so so wrong.

      • The Lurker
        The Lurker
        April 12, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

        Maple syrup and… Lime. This may be what forces me out of the lurk….

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        April 12, 2019 at 2:28 am | #

        I had never heard about maple syrup and lime before but it made me physically shudder.

      • Dandi_Andi
        Dandi_Andi
        April 12, 2019 at 2:36 am | #

        Have you ever used tamarind paste? It has a very similar combination of sweet and acidic to maple and lime. In fact, I have often seen people recommend lime juice and molasses to replace tamarind in recipes if you can’t find it locally.

        • Inahc
          Inahc
          April 12, 2019 at 2:41 am | #

          Mmmm, tamarind. 🙂 My MIL has jars of tamarind concentrate, I was using it like Marmite last time I petsat. I totally forgot to find out where to buy it!

      • Maul_Junior
        Maul_Junior
        April 12, 2019 at 5:02 am | #

        Cadbury cereal is the same as Smarties cereal.

        1) Take out bowl (preferably clean)
        2) Put in Smarties/Cadbury eggs
        3) Put in milk
        4) ???
        5) Enjoy?

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          April 12, 2019 at 8:12 am | #

          a) Step 3 is ‘Profit’.

          b) Step 4 is ‘Share with friends’, maybe? Or, maybe, you’d rather keep them.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      April 12, 2019 at 1:06 am | #

      Especially since calling Taco Bell “the best tacos” will likely get her blacklisted from the food service industry (except for Taco Bell)

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 12, 2019 at 7:47 am | #

        Only until Taco Bell wins the Franchise Wars.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    April 12, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    the secret ingredient is kook

    …

    does Robin for serious have any more money than Beckers tho, I mean, I know how congressfolks haveta fundraise

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      April 12, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

      mad muffins

      • butts
        butts
        April 12, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

        krazy kake

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          April 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

          Kwazy Kupcakes.

          • Slartibeast Button, BIA
            Slartibeast Button, BIA
            April 12, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

            Great combo of gravs there, both Sal and Joyce disliking the butt.

            • butts
              butts
              April 12, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

              …

              it’s

              it’s joyce’s own butt though

              • Slartibeast Button, BIA
                Slartibeast Button, BIA
                April 12, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

                Wouldn’t be the first woman unhappy with a part of her body.

                • Schpoonman
                  Schpoonman
                  April 12, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

                  Something something Joyce’s cake butt–

                  I don’t know where that was going and I’m afraid to see.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          April 12, 2019 at 8:16 am | #

          Megalo-muffins.

          Schizo-schnitzel.

          Bipolar Puffs.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 12, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      Kook, eh? We haven’t seen Sydney Yus since she was fired.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        April 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

        Cupcakes, anyone?

        • mrnoidea
          mrnoidea
          April 12, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

          I don’t get the reference.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            April 12, 2019 at 7:02 am | #

            That’s probably for the best.

          • Djenk
            Djenk
            April 12, 2019 at 8:19 am | #

            It comes from one of the very dark corners of MLP fandom. Don’t look it up, you are better off that way

            • Sunny
              Sunny
              April 12, 2019 at 5:40 pm | #

              Ooh, I remember that. It is gloriously disturbing.

      • Rotunda
        Rotunda
        April 12, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

        YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF SYDNEY YUS!!!!

        • Clif
          Clif
          April 12, 2019 at 12:43 am | #

          Don’t give butts ideas.

          • Clif
            Clif
            April 12, 2019 at 1:17 am | #

            Unless you really do want to see the end of Sydney His.

            • butts
              butts
              April 12, 2019 at 3:33 pm | #

              wait what do i have to do with this

              • RacingTurtle
                RacingTurtle
                April 13, 2019 at 1:42 am | #

                Ends—Rear Ends. *shakes martini by shakin’ it*

    • James
      James
      April 12, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      Congresscritters get a stipend specifically for hiring staff, so yeah she has the money for it.

  3. butts
    butts
    April 12, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    YEAHHHHHHHHHH

    (because everyone knows congressional staffer jobs pay great

    • butts
      butts
      April 12, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

      end parenthesis

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        April 12, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

        Avatar win.

    • JetstreamGW
      JetstreamGW
      April 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Probably better than a waiter gig at a restaurant run by Galasso.

    • Tilt
      Tilt
      April 12, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      It depends if she’s labelled a staffer or as a social media consultant. As a social media consultant, though, I can tell you the pay still aint great.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        April 12, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

        Can they just make her funded by a dark money PAC or something?

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          April 12, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

          Robin’s been cut off from the right’s money after her Twitter started calling for humane treatment of US citizens.

          • Slartibeast Button, BIA
            Slartibeast Button, BIA
            April 12, 2019 at 12:43 am | #

            Maybe Leslie can put her in touch with left money?

            • Dean
              Dean
              April 12, 2019 at 1:18 am | #

              Some of that fat George Soros cash.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 12, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

      Probably (slightly) better than minimum wage

      • Clif
        Clif
        April 12, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

        So, Taco Bell then.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 12, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

          I mean that’s still, objectively, an upgrade.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            April 12, 2019 at 1:58 am | #

            If Taco Bell employees are paid minimum wage and aren’t tipped, then yeah it’s objectively a higher paying job.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              April 12, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

              Most fast food restaurants do not give you tips, no.

    • LookingIn
      LookingIn
      April 12, 2019 at 2:22 am | #

      Average Congressional staffer makes $40,000 a year…

      Campaign staffers make next to nothing unless they are the chief of staff or chief of communications or a hired consultant. These are the folks you are thinking of, it sounds like Robin isn’t hiring her for this job.

      • Rogue
        Rogue
        April 12, 2019 at 2:29 am | #

        Next to nothing is still more than I get paid. 🙁

  4. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    April 12, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    I don’t know if Robin’s order has enough sugar for her. Can’t we stir some Cadbury eggs into that Coke?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Maybe there’s sugar packets at the table for coffee. Just keep adding them until the spoon won’t move.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        April 12, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

        That reminds me of this one experiment our teacher showed us in high school. You put in salt or sugar into some liquid and stir it until you can no longer dissolve any more into the liquid and then you heat up the liquid so you can dissolve in more salt or sugar so you got a super saturated solution. Then add a grain of salt or sugar once its cooled down and the whole thing just precipitates out of the liquid into a tower. Have Robin do something similar.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          April 12, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

          Now I want to try that.

          • Clif
            Clif
            April 12, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

            Nothing stopping you.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              April 12, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

              Except diabeetus.

              [Wilford Brimley intensifies]

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          April 12, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

          I’m sad that I can’t seem to find any videos for that. 🙁

          • Paradox
            Paradox
            April 12, 2019 at 2:14 pm | #

            • Inahc
              Inahc
              April 12, 2019 at 4:18 pm | #

              The A tag needs to go around something, like <a href=”http://example.com”>this</a>

          • Paradox
            Paradox
            April 12, 2019 at 2:17 pm | #

            I’m also sorry for the double post of paranoia with the same link. I just assumed I got the HTML tags wrong and somehow posted a blank post. Here’s the link just in case.

            https://youtu.be/1y3bKIOkcmk

            • HeySo
              HeySo
              April 13, 2019 at 10:26 pm | #

              Thanks!
              I’ve done similar experiments, so the appearance and effects of the crystallization process wasn’t anything new to me, but it’s still cool to learn that you can just leave supersaturated fluids sitting for a year and still activate them much like you would an instant ice pack, via a simple chemical contact trigger. Much appreciate you digging that up for me. 🙂

        • Knayt
          Knayt
          April 13, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

          Ahh, supersaturated fluids. The bane of my existence every time I make the mistake of trying to make fudge.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      April 12, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

      I have heard tell of eldritch comestibles known as “dessert pizzas.” Is it possible that Galasso’s Pizza (and Subs!) has such on its menu?

      If so, perhaps Robin could order one that was half Feats-O-Meats and half Cadbury Creme Egg.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        April 12, 2019 at 1:20 am | #

        Dessert pizzas are served cold, though, in large part ’cause dessert ingredients tend to taste a lot less tasty after they’re melted [seriously, try melting gummi bears at some point, and see if you can manage to keep them down].

        So maybe a bit hard to half-and-half-it, unless Galasso serves a cold cuts version of the meats pizza. 😛

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          April 12, 2019 at 1:32 am | #

          I’ve never seen a dessert pizza in the wild, but Willis has. Or at least half a dessert pizza.

          • Bicycle Bill
            Bicycle Bill
            April 12, 2019 at 2:47 am | #

            Come with me, friend Maryrose … to the Pizza Doctors restaurant in La Crosse, WI.  More dessert pizzas than you can shake a stick at.

          • Axel
            Axel
            April 12, 2019 at 6:01 am | #

            I’ve been to a bakery that sold it by slice, room temperature. I was like 12 but I remember liking it a lot. Chocolate cookie crust, chocolate spread of some kind (this was maybe pre-nutella, definitely pre- nutella being a trend and acceptable for decent bakeries to replace their own chocolate with), and I think like, nuts and m&ms on top?

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            April 12, 2019 at 8:20 am | #

            Aha! Delusional Dessert-pizza!

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          April 12, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

          …. but what if it’s, like, an apple cobbler pizza, served hot and gooey?

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          April 12, 2019 at 1:35 am | #

          One, crucial, amazing counterexample: S’mores. A S’mores dessert pizza would be AWESOME.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          April 12, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

          The dessert pizzas I’ve had were thin crust with chocolate sauce, topped with chocolate chips. Perfectly suited to heating up.

        • Zero
          Zero
          April 12, 2019 at 2:01 am | #

          I’ve mostly had warm dessert pizzas, but they also have an entirely different… everything. Not the same crust, for starters. Certainly not the same sauce.

          • HeySo
            HeySo
            April 13, 2019 at 9:57 pm | #

            Well, I mean, there are the kind of desserts you get at pizza joints, typically cinammon, apple, or a combination of both, but those usually aren’t- to my experiences- listed as “dessert pizzas”, even in those instances when they do use the same kind of dough. I’ve typically seen the label applied to [cookie or pastry crust] offerings with assorted toppings (to a resulting visual effect similar to that of a pizza with assorted pizza toppings).

            But yeah, hot pizza-esque desserts definitely do exist, and that may certainly have been the intent of the comment I replied to. Even still, it’d be pretty hard to match the cooking temperature if you were to half-and-half those, since they cook a lot quicker than normal pizza.

            Well, I guess they can always just cut two pizzas into halves and append the halves together like frankenstein’s monster parts. 😛

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 12, 2019 at 7:50 am | #

          That’s the only way I eat gummi bears. Toast them on a toothpick over a candle flame until they just melt. Gooey and delicious.
          Otherwise, they’re like sweetened rubber.

          • HeySo
            HeySo
            April 13, 2019 at 9:58 pm | #

            But.. but gummi bears instantly turn into a fluid when they melt, so how do you even manage that? Or by “just melt”, do you mean “warm and soft”? ’cause yeah, that’s not bad. It’s the chemical reaction that happens with the gelatin [remember, that’s crushed bone powder] at high temperatures that’s the issue that results in the disgusting flavor I mentioned. So long as you don’t get to that point, it’s fine. 😛

      • Khno
        Khno
        April 12, 2019 at 1:55 pm | #

        seen that, hot, in a pizza-joint held by a napolitan.

  5. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    April 12, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Lol, Robin doesn’t have money to hire people

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      April 12, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      So, basically any employer in the United States?

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        April 12, 2019 at 1:14 am | #

        There’s a difference between not having money, and not being willing to give money.. :X

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          April 12, 2019 at 7:00 am | #

          Yeah, the difference is how many of us go to sleep for dinner.

          • HeySo
            HeySo
            April 13, 2019 at 9:59 pm | #

            Apt.

  6. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    April 12, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    @repdesanto go on chapo

  7. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    April 12, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Isn’t THAT a kick in the Prosciutto?

  8. Jade
    Jade
    April 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    I wish it was “I need to change” and not “I need to get reelected”.

    • Jade
      Jade
      April 12, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      And pay her well! And maybe not wedge yourself into Leslie’s life until you stop sucking so much!

  9. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    April 12, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    On that apron, shouldn’t the ties be longer, in case someone larger is working there? (No, it isn’t wrapped around all the way once, see http://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/happier/ )

    • John
      John
      April 12, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

      Galasso only employs waitstaff small enough that he’s confident he can defeat them in hand-to-hand combat in case of challenges to his authority.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      April 12, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

      This is a universe where Amazi-Girl’s skintight uniform conceals a grappling hook AND caltrops. I think we can safely assume that the apron strings will stretch out to whatever length is required to make visual sense.

      In other words: “Forget it, Jake. It’s the DoA-verse.”

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        April 12, 2019 at 2:44 am | #

        Amazi-Girl’s uniform is a jump suit.  Unless you were Diana Rigg as ‘Emma Peel’ in “The Avengers” (the Brit TV show, not the super-hero thingie) I can’t recall the last time anyone ever considered a jump suit to be “skintight”.

        • dralou
          dralou
          April 12, 2019 at 7:20 am | #

          Looking at it here:
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-9-comic/01-flyin-to-the-red/lamppost/

          I’d say it’s still tight enough to be called a Jumpsuit of Holding if it can conceal a grappling hook.

    • moon
      moon
      April 12, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

      they could have aprons is different sizes, Galasso seemed to be wearing the same apron buy yknow bigger

  10. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    April 12, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Ha; saw this coming.

    Though granted should she be trying to reelect someone who probably won’t change once reelected.

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      April 12, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      I get the feeling memes dictate everything Robin does already. She could indeed be a force for good under a more benevolent puppetmistress.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        April 12, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

        Robin’s politics in DoA were, at the start, indicated to be a sort of parody of real world, extreme rightwing politicians [with Trump and Palin seeming to be the two primarily referenced], but with her intentions being based less in maliciousness and more casual thoughtlessness.
        She panders very much to expectations [as her real world counterparts do], without consideration of the consequences [again, as per real world politics], but without any ill intentions [to her distinct credit].
        A clearer example of that is in Robin’s reactions to Roz’s sex video [link], where she shows absolutely no hostility to her sister, despite having a clear focus on meeting voter expectations; On the other hand, she also showed little awareness or consideration for her sister’s motivations, treating the whole matter as a publicity affair, thus further showing how thoroughly Robin’s perspectives lay only on surface considerations.

        Of course, the encounters with Leslie seem to have given Robin a more thoughtful perspective on things, and Becky’s political considerations should be in line with Leslie’s, so Robin may actually be giving the matter a touch deeper consideration than her norm. ..on the other hand, with her line about her popularity, it’s easier to just assume that she’s adapting by switching her superficially held political views to ones that are giving her improved popularity.
        Hence, while she does cater to tropes and memes for the sake of being ‘hip’ or otherwise catering to voter expectations, the real basis for what dictates her actions is just her desire to stay in office by utilizing whatever rhetoric keeps her there.

        In short, despite her extreme character, she’s actually just a pretty average politican, I think. 😛

        • Piotr W
          Piotr W
          April 12, 2019 at 1:39 am | #

          But, if she has no political views of her own, how come she became a politician and ran for Congress when 25 y.o.? Is she such a careerist?

          • Aletheia
            Aletheia
            April 12, 2019 at 2:05 am | #

            In the Walky-verse, she kind of just fell into the job. Her motivations in the DoA-verse haven’t been discussed yet. 🙂

            • Piotr W
              Piotr W
              April 12, 2019 at 2:23 am | #

              I hope this gets explored!

              Also, I wish I’d just fell into an MP job…

        • Nep
          Nep
          April 12, 2019 at 12:25 pm | #

          Just here to say that was really good, thoughtful analysis! Thank you!

    • drs
      drs
      April 12, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      She fired her staff because they didn’t like her last change, her wanting to haul in Ryan.

      • Piotr W
        Piotr W
        April 12, 2019 at 1:39 am | #

        Yes, she does seem to have some basic decency…

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      April 12, 2019 at 3:52 pm | #

      I would say pretty much the entire readership saw this coming.

  11. Tacos
    Tacos
    April 12, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Hopefully it pays better at least.

  12. Bagge
    Bagge
    April 12, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    Poor Becky. 🙁

    I never think I’ve seen her as scared as in panel 2. Pleading to be kept out of jail. It speaks to Robin’s credit that she is genuinely surprised that Becky ever thought that was a thing that could happen.

    Heh, I commented two days ago on the EPIC entry Robin did. I’m glad to get confirmation that it was staged 🙂

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      April 12, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

      Not sure if it’s to her credit or not, since Robin tends to be rather myopic. Since her focus was on the positive feedback she was getting from the twitter changes, it probably simply never occurred to her to respond negatively, which is the more fundamental reason she was so surprised at Becky’s expectations.
      That said, Robin isn’t really the grudgey, take-it-to-heart sort to begin with, so it may be fine to credit her on the matter regardless.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 12, 2019 at 7:52 am | #

        It can’t really be “never occurred to her”, since she threatened Becky with the gulag last strip.

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          April 13, 2019 at 10:18 pm | #

          “never occurred to her to respond negatively”

          I’m not sure joke-threatening someone with a GULAG [we’ll assume that just means ‘labor camp’ in modern application, since the soviet union no longer exists] is really a negative response, or at least not to the serious, harsh sense I was referring to.

          Well, it’s not like the United States doesn’t currently have active labor camps.. and, to a pervasiveness the typical American likely isn’t aware of. There are ones you can sign up for voluntarily, ones you can get forced into by being homeless, the judicial concept of forced community service, and even states or private prison chains where forced penal labor is still a thing.

          Still, probably wouldn’t refer to any of those things by ‘gulag’ if you were being remotely serious about the intent to punish. 😛

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      April 12, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

      Robin often has the instincts of a decent person; recall how her immediate, no-questions-asked, no-need-to-think-about-it reaction to finding out one of her interns was a rapist was that she’d get him thrown in a cell.

      Unfortunately, those instincts are mostly buried under her unique combination of self-absorption and seemingly deliberate lack of substance. And she did kind of threaten Becky with jail last strip.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      April 12, 2019 at 6:46 am | #

      She just literally threatened her with the gulag, so she can’t be that surprised. I

  13. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 12, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Well I guess Becky’s money problems are revolv—wait, she didn’t pay her interns, either :/

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      April 12, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

      Becky already gets name privileges, so she ranks higher than an aide, at least.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      April 12, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      Yeah, but that wasn’t her idea.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      April 12, 2019 at 12:39 am | #

      Trickle-down economics totally works! WOOOO! http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/frieda/

      • Piotr W
        Piotr W
        April 12, 2019 at 1:41 am | #

        What’s trickle-down economics?

        • Zero
          Zero
          April 12, 2019 at 1:55 am | #

          If we give rich people all of our money, they’ll end it and you might eventually have a few dollars trickle down.
          It’s a justification used for politics that give rich people more money and not anybody else.

          It didn’t work, shocking nobody. Despite it demonstrably not working, politicians still mention it occasionally.

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          April 12, 2019 at 2:40 am | #

          A polite way for rich, powerful people to say, “Pizz on the poor people.”

          • Axel
            Axel
            April 12, 2019 at 6:05 am | #

            Does pizz mean piss AND jizz?

          • Bicycle Bill
            Bicycle Bill
            April 12, 2019 at 8:25 am | #

            No, just an intentional misspelling of ‘piss’ that I’m in the habit of using which gets past the autocensor on most other websites.  Although, in retrospect, it could…

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          April 12, 2019 at 3:38 am | #

          Apparently NOT an euphemism for a kinky sex practice that involve pee, to my great surprise.

        • Wolfbeckett
          Wolfbeckett
          April 12, 2019 at 4:33 am | #

          A smear that was invented by Democrats when Reagan was in office. Ostensibly it refers to the theory of supply-side economics:

          https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/SupplySideEconomics.html

          Trickle down economics is simply the way Reagan’s critics tried to brand a completely non-controversial economic theory, believed by a large percentage of economists, as being crazy because Reagan liked it.

          • 3oranges
            3oranges
            April 12, 2019 at 5:54 am | #

            Or, you know, because Reagan’s economic policy was something that greatly increased the US debt-to-GDP ratio while undermining public goods that poorer people depend on, exactly like his critics said.

          • Kit
            Kit
            April 12, 2019 at 7:17 am | #

            “Whereas general supply-side theory favors lowering taxes overall, trickle-down theory more specifically targets taxes on the upper end of the economic spectrum.

            The term “trickle-down” originated as a joke by humorist Will Rogers and today is often used to criticize economic policies which favor the wealthy or privileged while being framed as good for the average citizen.”
            — Wikipedia

  14. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 12, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    So she’s like JK Rowling, struggling to remain relevant?

  15. BBCC
    BBCC
    April 12, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Becky, honey, no, bad idea.

    I’ve never had ham on pizza, but bacon on pizza is great. So’s Little Caesar’s crazy bread.

    • Chris Phoenix
      Chris Phoenix
      April 12, 2019 at 1:39 am | #

      Wait, you’ve never had a Hawaiian pizza? Ham and pineapple? AFAIK it’s one of the standard pizza flavors on both coasts of the U.S.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        April 12, 2019 at 1:55 am | #

        It oughta be called Ontario pizza, because that’s where it was invented. And ham and pineapple are great together, but pineapple and tomato sauce…I don’t believe in taste-shaming, but this combination comes close to making me rethink that policy.

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          April 12, 2019 at 2:38 am | #

          Canadian bacon and sauerkraut.  Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        April 12, 2019 at 1:55 am | #

        My pizza order is simple – crust, marinara sauce, as much pepperoni as can humanly be piled on, done. Occasionally with other meats as well, like bacon.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          April 12, 2019 at 2:54 am | #

          I’m being pedantic, but no cheese? You gotta have cheese to bind the pizza together, it’s one of the unifying forces of the universe, like gravity, or magnetism, or nice throw rugs.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            April 12, 2019 at 2:57 am | #

            I’m allergic to the mould in cheese and don’t care enough to memorize what cheeses have that kind of mould. Seriously, I had a bunch of cheesies the other day (and some rat bastard decided about 8 or so years ago to go back to real cheese, not whatever fake stuff they had before) because goddamn they’re delicious, and I had a stomachache for three days. So no, no cheese on my pizza. I will risk it for cheesies and crunchits and that is it. The only fake-cheese snack I really eat consistently these days is Doritos.

            • Schpoonman
              Schpoonman
              April 12, 2019 at 4:42 pm | #

              I remember you saying that now and I’m sorry.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                April 12, 2019 at 5:24 pm | #

                No worries, it’s okay to forget things. I just wanted to complain about that stomachache tbh because seriously, body, three days? I get it, you think cheese is a threat, you don’t need to punish me for that long. XD

            • kgy121
              kgy121
              April 12, 2019 at 5:46 pm | #

              Ooo, Doritos pizza with pepperoni.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                April 12, 2019 at 8:01 pm | #

                Why

  16. ProfessorDetective
    ProfessorDetective
    April 12, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Okay, I know that SOMEONE called this. I just can’t remember if it was ME or someone else.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      April 12, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

      I think most of us did.

    • Mollyscribbles
      Mollyscribbles
      April 12, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

      I got in pretty early two days ago, but yeah it was an easy guess.

      • Clif
        Clif
        April 12, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

        I didn’t think we were going here, but I’m delighted we are.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      April 12, 2019 at 1:29 am | #

      I don’t think I called it publicly, but this is the outcome I’ve been expecting since Becky took over Robin’s Twitter and I know several people were predicting something like this whenever that topic has come up since. It’s hard not to predict, mind, when one considers Robin’s clear “whatever does the trick for me to keep this gig” approach to public office.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      April 12, 2019 at 2:58 am | #

      A lot of us called it. I was definitely hoping Robin would ask Becky to work for her campaign. As long as Robin pays better than what Becky’s currently making at Galasso’s, I think Becky should take the offer.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      April 12, 2019 at 3:55 pm | #

      It is probably easier to count how many didn’t call it.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 12, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    Is…Is that a Euphemism?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      April 12, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

      I can’t figure out if it’s a horrible euphemism or an euphemism for a horrible thing.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 12, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

        Let’s be fair here. It could very easily be both.

        • Clif
          Clif
          April 12, 2019 at 1:05 am | #

          Insani tea-biscuits are always a euphemism.

  18. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    April 12, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

    … Well at least she’s pragmatic?

  19. Robbie
    Robbie
    April 12, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

    Yes! There is literally no way this could go wrong.

    • Jess
      Jess
      April 12, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

      Haha, no, not at all!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      April 12, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

      Glad we sorted that out, because for a moment there I thought it sounded like a thing that could go wrong.

      • Clif
        Clif
        April 12, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

        Nah.

      • RacingTurtle
        RacingTurtle
        April 12, 2019 at 1:19 am | #

        Indeed, worry not, friend Bagge, for it is inconceivable that this could proceed toward wrongness.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          April 12, 2019 at 1:20 am | #

          The chart points UP

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      April 12, 2019 at 3:00 am | #

      Absolutely. This is a foolproof plan, what could possibly go wrong?

  20. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    April 12, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

    Huh. I actually guessed Robin would be angry. Guess my pessimism is wrong.

    • regina phalange
      regina phalange
      April 12, 2019 at 12:44 am | #

      Well, a reasonable mistake, considering your “pessimism” is also realism. Politicians of Robin’s sort (who campaign actively against their own personal interests/the interests of those like them with the goal of reelection) follow the money. The young people on twitter making her popular are doing just and only that: making her popular. That’s not going to stop the NRA/churches/big oil from funding her campaign, and that’s really what it’s all about y’all.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 12, 2019 at 7:57 am | #

        Except the NRA/churches/big oil are going to stop funding her campaign (assuming they haven’t already) if she goes pro-LGBT and pro-worker.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          April 12, 2019 at 2:51 pm | #

          And god only knows the hell she’ll catch if she goes pro-immigration. That seems like a particularly good way to bring on GOP backlash these days.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            April 12, 2019 at 8:11 pm | #

            Becky needs to hang out with Marcie a bit and then we’ll see.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              April 12, 2019 at 9:53 pm | #

              Preferably before Robin gets re-elected because I’m not sure how well Sal will stick to her new ‘no more punching game’ rule if Becky helps re-elect someone who proceeds to screw Marcie over. 😛

  21. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    April 12, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

    That sounds a too little sugar for Robin… is she actually trying to cut back? XD

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      April 12, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

      Robin’s absurdly high sugar intake in the original universe related to the fact that her powers were fueled by sugar [much like Rikido’s Sugar Rush quirk in My Hero Academia]. I don’t think we’ve yet seen signs in DoA that she’s quite as extreme sans powers?
      As I see it, in either universe her general tendency is just toward junk food in general, and that’s reflected just fine with her current meat-heavy, sugar-heavy, high-quantity order. Just, in the original universe, her eating habits were weighted towards sweeter junk foods due to the improved benefits of consuming such.

      Well, let me know if I overlooked something that contradicts those impressions. ^.^

      • Romanticide
        Romanticide
        April 13, 2019 at 2:20 am | #

        Oh I know about other universe Robin, I even littered the comment section there in real time with my comments. I was trying to make a joke that a large coke probably counted like she was trying to cut back, but I guess it didn’t come across clear… oh well it happens…

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          April 13, 2019 at 10:29 pm | #

          Sorry~ ^.^;

  22. Bagge
    Bagge
    April 12, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

    “The only popular thing ’bout me right now”

    …is she talking about her voters or about Leslie?

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      April 12, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

      … yes?

  23. All-Purpose Guru
    All-Purpose Guru
    April 12, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

    What the F is Kooky Bread?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      April 12, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

      Presumably, it is Galasso’s Pizza (And Subs!)’s far superior answer to Little Caesar’s Cray Bread.

    • Clif
      Clif
      April 12, 2019 at 1:11 am | #

      It’s the bread used on the kookamonga burger. http://www.kookycanuck.com/kookamonga-challenge

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        April 12, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

        I’m just glad it’s not bread made with kookaburras as a flavoring ingredient.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      April 12, 2019 at 5:54 am | #

      I’m wondering if it’s their version of Australian Fairy Bread – bread, butter, plenty of 1000s and 1000s. I can see her liking that…

  24. Bagge
    Bagge
    April 12, 2019 at 12:54 am | #

    Dorothy is going to be so DISILLUSIONED when she learns what it takes to get into politics.

    Heh, if we are lucky, we might even have a “Dorothy-is-jealous-of-Becky”-storyline.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      April 12, 2019 at 2:56 am | #

      Becky’s eyes are gonna get bigger than they did last time she saw Hank.

  25. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    April 12, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

    The way people eat in this strip is going to wreck my blood sugar.

  26. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    April 12, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

    Calling it now: Dumbing of Age’s epilogue features Becky as Dorothy’s Chief of Staff. We see her relaying the funny story of how they were rivals for the same girls affection before the cut-away to Sal and Amber winning the national rollerskating cup.

    • Felgraf
      Felgraf
      April 12, 2019 at 7:24 am | #

      Given that Dorothy would need to be 35 to run for President.. 17-18 years from in-strip time, and the current rate of strip progression, that puts that epilogue…
      … Somewhere between “When the sun burns out” and “The heat death of the universe.”

  27. BadRoad
    BadRoad
    April 12, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

    Glasso’s is definitely the best pizza place for extra ham.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      April 12, 2019 at 7:59 pm | #

      Heh.

  28. Deepbluediver
    Deepbluediver
    April 12, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

    Ah, there’s the mercenary-esque side of Robin we all know and love! Or know, anyway.

    Seriously thought I was wondering why she didn’t just switch political parties or something- she clearly doesn’t actually believe in ANY of the stuff she spouts.

  29. Nono
    Nono
    April 12, 2019 at 1:30 am | #

    Nice job threatening someone before immediately begging to hire them, Robin.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      April 12, 2019 at 1:41 am | #

      That’s the famous Galasso managing style.

      • fire_daws
        fire_daws
        April 12, 2019 at 3:24 am | #

        FOOLS! Galasso NEVER begs.

  30. Piotr W
    Piotr W
    April 12, 2019 at 1:43 am | #

    I really wish some politician just came to me and offer me job! *sigh*

    • Shane Wegner
      Shane Wegner
      April 12, 2019 at 6:49 am | #

      How many popularity gaining tweets are you sneakily sending out?

  31. BenRG
    BenRG
    April 12, 2019 at 2:24 am | #

    This could be a huge moment for Becky. That said, Robin’s political career seems to me to be a speedboat rocketing around a tightly-packed bay practically looking for a rock to crash into. Are you sure you want to be riding a disaster waiting ot happen, Becky?

  32. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    April 12, 2019 at 2:34 am | #

    I have to assume that Ms. De Santo is a Republican, or at least has Republican leanings.  So follow one of the last pieces of advice that a Republican gave us that actually was good for us as and “Just say no”, Becky.

    Of course, we all know that Becky needs money even more than a fish needs water, and poverty and the desire for financial security can cloud a person’s mind far better than the Shadow ever could (and of course, the name of this comic is *NOT* “Making Good Decisions”), so we can all see where this is going to go.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      April 12, 2019 at 2:57 am | #

      Robin’s DoA (and I think Shortpacked) political career is based on Sarah Palin and that racist orange fuck.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        April 12, 2019 at 2:59 am | #

        And occasionally elements of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in case we didn’t hate her policies enough.

        And yeah…eek. Robin being the kind of person who would ‘deport Marcie’s parents if it would get her more votes’ is a LOT more worrisome in the age of Trump.

        Any odds on whether Becky’s updated her views on immigration yet? I know she’s heading more and more to the left but she’s probably still got some cobwebs running around and the sooner Robin gets away from that the better.

      • Lawzlo
        Lawzlo
        April 12, 2019 at 3:04 am | #

        “Robin’s DoA (and I think Shortpacked) political career is based on Sarah Palin…”

        So what you’re saying is that when Becky informed her that Galasso’s was serving pickles again, her response should have been “Dill, baby, dill!”

        I’ll see myself out.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      April 12, 2019 at 8:02 am | #

      Make a ton of money (relatively speaking) and influence her policy away from the hateful crap she’s been running and retroactively legitimize her legal jeopardy for hacking?

      Why not? What’s the downside? She’s not being hired to reverse Robin’s positions back to what they were originally.

  33. Threshold
    Threshold
    April 12, 2019 at 2:46 am | #

    I’m tempted to print out that last panel and keep it in my wallet for ease of pizza ordering.

  34. Axel
    Axel
    April 12, 2019 at 3:01 am | #

    yesss

    saw others saying this possibility but didn’t think it would happen, especially with outright asking.

  35. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    April 12, 2019 at 3:02 am | #

    Becky: “Hey babe, guess who is a political intern now?”
    Dina: “Are you on the side of evil science deniers or the side of slightly less evil but centrists?”
    Becky: “I just post left wing memes for an independent DeSanto.”
    Dina: “That is somehow morally neutral and acceptable.”

  36. Saucistophe
    Saucistophe
    April 12, 2019 at 3:43 am | #

    On the last panel, I’m not sure if Becky’s hair is transparent, or if she is a super-saiyan

  37. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    April 12, 2019 at 4:53 am | #

    I worked for an election, just a small, special election for state representative (not national congress). Started out as a volunteer, later got hired and was payed 20 bucks an hour. The work was a cathall of everything, like stuffing envelopes, building campaign yard signs, going door-to-door, cold calling people. Had my fill of campaigning, but yeah. (This was also in my younger, naive days when I was a Republican.)

    The main question is whether Robin is making a pivot to the left, with a party change, or if she wants memes that supports the GOP.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      April 12, 2019 at 5:12 am | #

      GOP’s already dropped Robin’s endorsement. The election’s only a few weeks away (it’s oct. 16thish) and so she’s probably still going to have the letter beside her name, but I don’t think she’d be an actual member? Is crossing the floor to the Dems allowed in the States? I do know the Dems are running a candidate already so she’s not going to be able to run for them afaik.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        April 12, 2019 at 5:20 am | #

        If I understand correctly, who Robin would sit with is mostly determined by the House organisation chaired by the house leader and the whips, rather than the national party. If the GOP in the House is happy to have her then she sits with them, no matter how much that would annoy the state- and national-level RNC.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 12, 2019 at 7:37 am | #

        She’d still be a member – not that it’s really that official most of the time. There are definitely cases where someone wasn’t endorsed, won anyway and remained in the party. Lisa Murkowski (Sen-Alaska) lost the primary to a Tea Partier, won the general election as an Independent and was seated as a Republican Senator.

        She could cross the floor to the Democrats. Or declare herself an Independent. Or some other party, but that’s essentially the same thing since she’d be the only Representative in the House from it. If she did, she’d most likely choose to caucus with one of the two parties in order to have a chance at committee assignments and the like. What kind of deal she could strike depends on how critical her vote was – if it determined which party held a majority, the stakes would be high.

        I don’t where Willis is going to take this, but in reality, this shouldn’t work. She should lose. If she had years of incumbency and was well-known and popular, she might be able to survive it. If she’d switched much earlier and was able to run as a Democrat she’d have a chance, depending on the swing of her district. But there’s a real Democrat in the race and anyone who might support her change is likely to already be behind him. Even if she’s getting popular feedback on social media, that doesn’t translate into votes.
        And she should really be getting hatestorms from trolls on the right.

        • NoOneLikesRobin
          NoOneLikesRobin
          April 12, 2019 at 10:24 pm | #

          In all universes, Robin has magical hijinks powers that make the improbable probable, as long as the end result can be punctuated with a slide whistle.

          It was a dark pact she made to get these powers however, as she gave up the ability to be interesting or relatable in a comic about exploring relationships, insecurity, and one’s religious faith.

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        April 12, 2019 at 12:43 pm | #

        Changing party affiliation happens. See: Arlen Specter, Jim Justice

  38. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    April 12, 2019 at 8:14 am | #

    I get that Becky’s hair is transparent to see the rest of her face when seen from the front, but when seen from the back the perspective looks all messed up.

  39. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    April 12, 2019 at 8:51 am | #

    (clear throat)

    (deep breath)

    CAAAAAAAAAALLLED IIIIIIIIIIIT

  40. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    April 12, 2019 at 10:52 am | #

    Now, will this work be paid for in any way?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      April 12, 2019 at 11:03 am | #

      I’m thinking that Robin’s budget is small right now but what she will offer Becky is a golden future rubbing shoulders with the Elite in the highest corridors of power. Whether or not that future is realistic is something Becky will need to decide for herself.

      • ziggy78eog
        ziggy78eog
        April 12, 2019 at 12:11 pm | #

        Hey, what did we say about getting paid in, “exposure”!

  41. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    April 12, 2019 at 12:10 pm | #

    Becky is moving up in the world!

  42. Borg
    Borg
    April 12, 2019 at 1:16 pm | #

    I don’t know what an insanibiscuit is, but I kind of want one.

  43. Beef
    Beef
    April 12, 2019 at 1:57 pm | #

    I don’t know a whole lot about the people who work for political candidates but from what I’ve heard she may be better off waiting tables. Though if she’s just getting paid to keep doing what she’s been doing I guess she can do both

  44. PSadlon
    PSadlon
    April 12, 2019 at 3:46 pm | #

    Come to the dark side we have cookies. The only questionis who whe dark sider isl

    • Ed Rhodes
      Ed Rhodes
      April 12, 2019 at 9:21 pm | #

      “Welcome to the dark side… are you surprised we lied about the cookies?”

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MINNEAPOLIS—Responding to conservative backlash over a large selection of offerings for the month of June, Target announced Friday that they would scale back their gay pride section to a single t-shir...
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Jules Effin Rivera @lovejoolz.bsky.social ⋅ 3h
Happy Pride! Here's the comic where I come out as a Disaster Pansexual *and* Animal Crossing Weirdo
Love, Joolz comic
Panel 1
Jules and Blackbird chilling on the couch. 
J: I'm going to my friend's Pride March in Animal crossing! Time to make a cool outfit that show off my cousins. 
B: But you already have Disaster Bisexual outfits in Animal Crossing. 
Panel 2
Jules attempts to sew a dress in the Pansexual colors.
J: I am not a disaster bisexual. I'm Pansexual.
B: What's the difference? 
J: Getting horny for way more options.
Panel 3
Blackbird flutters agitatedly at Jules, who struggles with the sewing machine. 
B: Jules you're running out of time! 
J: It's fine! I can get the dress done in time!
B: We gotta go! 
J: It's fine! I can get the dress done in time! 
B: We gotta go! We're gonna miss the march! 
J: It's fine it's fine it's fine it's--
Panel 4: 
Jules and Blackbird at the Animal Crossing Pride parade. Blackbird is in a cap with Trans flag colors and a shirt with a rainbow pattern. Jules is in a suit with a bow tie and a froggie hat. She looks a mess. 
B: Jesus God, you really are a disaster bisexual. 
J: Disaster Pansexual.
B: Right. 
B: Jesus God
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 4h
tfw the secret ingredient definitely isn't poison
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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social ⋅ 5h
Can we get a license for an additional official if we pay the processing fee and donate the harvest to a food bank?
kendrawcandraw.bsky.social's user avatarKendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social ⋅ 5h
Every queer person gets to kill and eat one(1) sitting US official this month
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca ⋅ 8h
by carefully mixing 10% cream with 1% skim milk, you can unlock forbidden milk percentages the government doesn't want you to know about, like 7.725%
some milk I used to make Forbidden Percentages. I didn't mention 2% in my post though. I gotta keep some secrets
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
online transformers collectors: i hope ss86 megatron doesn't have big ol' treads on his back!!! ss86 megatron: *treads fold up inside the legs* online transformers collectors: HIS LEGS ARE TOO CHUNKY >>>:((((
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
Dumbing of Age: "Sweet prank" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Sweet prank
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
View AND change this, if we were talking quantum mechanics
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Micah @rincewind.run ⋅ 1d
the big disconnect that happens here is between the correct message for D politicians (especially in red states), which is “you’re right, this isn’t who you are, you’re better than that, vote differently next time” and the actual truth, which is yes you did, fuck you
kevinbuist.com's user avatarKevin Buist @kevinbuist.com ⋅ 1d
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Raw milk has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
fangferric.bsky.social's user avatarFerric Fang @fangferric.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
RFK Jr celebrated the release of the MAHA report by downing raw milk shooters in the White House with influencer Paul Saladino. Hazards of raw milk include Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli O157:H7, and now-- avian flu.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
maggie, reading a strip from a year from now: oh this is so obnoxious, i love it she gets me
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Today in #9ChickweedLane I learned it's nice to see Walter Bubbletea, 80-year-old fiance to someone roughly 20, talk to someone his own age.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"ESPECIALLY willa!" "dad, has it come to mind yet that if i was correct, actually, about belle being cuckoo for murderpuffs, that she was in fact trying to kill me, your human daughter, all this time" "sorry, still only really care about the fish"
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "My eyes only" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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My eyes only
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
fuck Target's sad beige pride. You don't have to like rainbows to be loud and proud; AND you can support a currently-unemployed trans artist! (many more at link) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...
a black hoodie with hand-lettered white text reading,
a black tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading,
a red tshirt with hand-lettered black text reading,
a maroon tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading,
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Mammal solidarity “stealing and eating a treat with your dexterous little hands”
paulle.bsky.social's user avatarPaul Lê @paulle.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I'm obsessed with this li'l hungry bub.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
*weird dean sounds*
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Got my pointy Galvatron slippers.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Rolling Stone is one of the few news outlets that know how to write headlines.
rollingstone.com's user avatarRolling Stone @rollingstone.com ⋅ 2d
Report: Elon Used So Much Ketamine He Couldn’t Pee Right The New York Times reports that the billionaire experienced some negative effects from frequent drug use while stumping for Trump last year
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Elon Used So Much Ketamine He Couldn't Pee Right: Report
Elon Musk's frequent use of ketamine during the 2024 campaign caused him to experience bladder problems, according to The New York Times.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
everyone: remember to transform your ss86 scavenger so that the shovel arm hangs off his ass like a floppy butt-penis
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PAK @papaalphakilo.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Sam Reich doing a little dance on the set of
rajandelman.bsky.social's user avatarBlue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social ⋅ 12d
We need a liberal Jigsaw
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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
i tell ya, my wife is bi. yeah, she bi and i pay!
maggiewestrum.bsky.social's user avatarMaggie Westrum @maggiewestrum.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
we need a rodney dangerfield of the left
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Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Oh hey Hulu released the new King of the Hill intro I boarded
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YouTube video by Hulu
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
thanks for the three bigfoot-esque images of cyberworld optimus prime, hasbro pr
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"so now what?" "well handing her every knife in the house has worked out for us so far"
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Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
CYBERWORLD trailer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsf...
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Transformers: CYBERWORLD | OFFICIAL TEASER TRAILER | Transformers Official
YouTube video by TRANSFORMERS OFFICIAL
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
(june 1, 2026)
It's Malaya!  They seem incredulous.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
the need for the inclusion of the graphic is a sad reminder of the shockingly low literacy rate among geese
Sign reads “No Geese” and includes a graphic of a goose silhouette in a red circle with a line through it.
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